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Adirondack Creamery

Small-batch NY creamery; new Chestnut Spice seasonal pint

Afters Ice Cream

Milky Bun ice-cream-stuffed donuts

Aggie Ice Cream

Utah State University creamery since 1888

Alden's Organic

Organic ice cream from Oregon

Alec's Ice Cream

Regenerative organic A2 dairy; new gut-health Culture Cups

Allday Pizza

Pizzeria with standout gelato soft serve and olive-oil drizzle

Ample Hills Creamery

Brooklyn scoop shop famous for Ooey Gooey Butter Cake

Amy's Ice Creams

40+-year-old homegrown chain known for Mexican vanilla and theatrical scooping

An's Dry Cleaning

Gelato named after fabrics

USA Today No.1 indie shop 2024 and 2025

Andia's Ice Cream

USA Today No.4 indie shop 2025

Asahi Imports

Japanese market with rotating weekend soft serve (matcha yuzu ube)

Azucar Ice Cream Company

Little Havana ice cream with Cuban flavors

Bassetts Ice Cream

America's oldest ice cream company, at Reading Terminal Market

Bella Vita Ice Cream

Highly rated local ice cream shop (4.9 stars)

Bésame

Pastel-window shop with inventive flavors; 3 locations incl. Cedar Park

Best Scoops

Paletas and homemade ice cream

Betty Rae's Ice Cream

Kansas City small-batch

Bi-Rite Creamery

Mission District creamery famed for salted caramel

Big Dipper Ice Cream

Missoula favorite known for huckleberry

Big Gay Ice Cream

Soft-serve with toppings like the Salty Pimp

Black Dog Gelato

Chicago editors' pick for best ice cream

Blue Marble Ice Cream

Organic Brooklyn ice cream

Bonnie Brae Ice Cream

Neighborhood shop since 1986

Butter & Cream

Decatur ice cream shop

Caffè Panna

Italian-style ice cream with weekly specials in Gramercy

Carmela Ice Cream

Pasadena-born handmade ice cream

Cedar City Creamery

USA Today No.9 indie shop 2025

Christina's Homemade Ice Cream

Inman Square shop with exotic spice flavors

Churn

Uptown Phoenix candy and ice cream shop

Clementine's Ice Cream

Micro-creamery; first grocery pints (Schnucks) Mar 2026; $6M raise; franchising

Cloud 10 Creamery

Montrose shop with inventive flavors

Cloud City Ice Cream

Neighborhood scoop shop in Sellwood

Coneflower Creamery

USA Today No.2 indie shop 2025 · Yelp Top 100 No.6

Connor's Creamery

Garbo's soft-serve truck in far North Austin

Coolhaus

Architecture-inspired ice cream sandwiches and pints

Cosmic Bliss

Plant-based pints, formerly Coconut Bliss

Creole Creamery

Inventive flavors in a classic Uptown parlor

Davey's Ice Cream

Small-batch ice cream made in-house in Brooklyn and the East Village

Dolce Neve

Family-run Italian gelato in Bouldin Creek and East Fifth

Dolcezza Gelato

DC gelato and coffee

Eb & Bean

Frozen yogurt and soft serve with local toppings

Emerald Ice Cream

Grass-fed Irish ice cream that launched in the US first (Sprouts) in March 2025

Enlightened

Lower-sugar ice cream pints

Fainting Goat Gelato

Gelato in Wallingford and Fremont

Fat Cat Creamery

Houston Heights small-batch ice cream

Fentons Creamery

Oakland creamery since 1894

Fosselman's Ice Cream

Family-owned since 1919

Frankie & Jo's

Plant-based scoop shop in Seattle

Franklin Fountain

Old-fashioned soda fountain in Old City

Frozen One

High-protein ice cream; debuted May 2025; now in ~1464 Targets; raised $5.75M 2026

Gati

Vegan gluten-free coconut-milk ice cream with Thai flavors (Holly St)

Gati Scoops

Gati's scoop-only Hyde Park sister shop; opened June 27 2026

Gelato Paradiso

Classic gelato and affogatos off South Congress

Gifford's Ice Cream

Family-run Maine dairy since 1980

Golden Cow Creamery

Charlotte small-batch ice cream

Golden West Food Group (Pop-Tarts/Eggo pints)

Kellanova-licensed Pop-Tarts and Eggo ice cream sandwiches and pints at Walmart 2025

Good Ice Co.

East Austin real-fruit Italian ice trailer; opened Aug 2026

Grand Ole Creamery

Grand Avenue institution

Hattie Jane's Creamery

Small-batch Tennessee ice cream

Henry's Homemade Ice Cream

Plano family shop

High Point Creamery

Small-batch ice cream with flavors like goat cheese and beet swirl

Honey's Ice Cream

New NYC small-batch scoop shop

Honeycomb Creamery

Cambridge ice cream

Howdy Homemade Ice Cream

Dallas ice cream staffed by people with special needs

Howling Cow

NC State University dairy ice cream

Humphry Slocombe

Irreverent flavors like Secret Breakfast (bourbon and cornflakes)

Husky Deli

West Seattle deli scooping homemade ice cream since 1932

Ice Cream For Bears

Clean-label organic newcomer in high-protein ice cream

Ice Cream Jubilee

DC small-batch with flavors like banana bourbon caramel

Il Laboratorio del Gelato

Gelato lab on the Lower East Side with hundreds of rotating flavors

J.P. Licks

Jamaica Plain homemade ice cream

Jim Jim's Water Ice

30+-year Sixth Street water ice and soft serve window

Johnson's Real Ice Cream

Bexley ice cream since 1950

Kate's Ice Cream

Vegan coconut-based ice cream

KLIMON

Dairy-free frozen desserts; expanded to 124 Hy-Vee stores

Kopp's Frozen Custard

Milwaukee frozen custard with flavor of the day

Kurimu

Japanese-inspired soft serve

Lappert's Hawaii

Hawaiian ice cream with Kona coffee and tropical flavors

Leatherby's Family Creamery

Utah family creamery known for giant sundaes

Leopold's Ice Cream

Historic parlor

USA Today No.6 indie shop 2025

Let's Chill Homemade Ice Cream

No.2 on Yelp's Top 100

Lick Honest Ice Creams

Farm-sourced seasonal Texas flavors like goat cheese thyme honey and Texas sheet cake

Little Man Ice Cream

Giant milk-can stand in LoHi

Loblolly Creamery

USA Today No.8 indie shop 2025

Locopops

Mexican-style gourmet paletas

Luv Fats

Avocado-based ice cream on N Lamar

Magpies Softserve

Creative soft serve in Silver Lake

Manolis Ice Cream, Pops, Sorbet & More

Austin's late-night scoop

No. 4 on Yelp's all-time Top 100 US ice cream shops

Marianne's Ice Cream

Family-owned since 1947

USA Today No.10 2025

Mariposa Ice Cream

Family-run Normal Heights shop since 1999

McConnell's Fine Ice Creams

Santa Barbara creamery since 1949 using local dairy

Melt Ice Creams

Fort Worth small-batch

Michoacana Natural Ice Cream

Mexican scoops and paletas incl. pine nut and cheese

Mike's Ice Cream

Downtown Broadway ice cream and coffee shop

Mikey Likes It Ice Cream

Hip-hop-named flavors from the East Village

Milkjam Creamery

Creative flavors in Uptown

MilkMade

Mother-daughter small-batch ice cream and shake trailer; grand opening May 2026

Millie's Homemade Ice Cream

Small-batch ice cream from local dairy

Mitchell's Homemade Ice Cream

Cleveland ice cream made in an old movie theater

Mitchell's Ice Cream

Family-run since 1953 with tropical flavors like ube and buko

Mochidoki

Premium mochi ice cream; nationwide grocery 6-pack rollout Feb 2026

Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream

Seattle's homemade ice cream with local ingredients

Moomers Homemade Ice Cream

Farm ice cream shop near Traverse City

Moorenko's Ice Cream

Maryland premium ice cream

Morelli's Gourmet Ice Cream

Ormewood Park shop known for coconut jalapeño

Morgenstern's Finest Ice Cream

Nick Morgenstern's ice cream with dozens of house flavors

Mount Desert Island Ice Cream

Small-batch Maine ice cream

Mr. G's Ice Cream

USA Today No.3 indie shop 2025

My/Mochi

Launched first mochi ice cream sandwiches (Gopuff exclusive) 2025

NadaMoo Scoop Shop

Dairy-free scoop shop from the Austin coconut-milk brand

Natty Ice Cream

Organic 35g-protein light ice cream; premium push via Erewhon

Nick's Ice Creams

Swedish-style lower-sugar pints

Normal Ice Cream

Creative soft serve and cones in Salt Lake

Novel Ice Cream

No.1 on Yelp's all-time Top 100 US ice cream shops

OddFellows Ice Cream Co.

Creative flavors from Williamsburg and the East Village

OMG Squee

Texas-Asian soft serve in taiyaki cones (Vietnamese coffee ube miso caramel)

Original Rainbow Cone

Five-flavor stacked cone since 1926

Owowcow Creamery

USA Today No.5 indie shop 2025 (NJ/PA)

Paleteria La Selva

Paleteria in Round Rock

Penny Ice Creamery

Seasonal ice cream from local ingredients

Piccola Gelateria

Italian gelato on Magazine St

Pinolo Gelato

Italian gelato on SE Division

Plant Love Ice Cream

Plant-based shop

No.9 on Yelp's Top 100

Pretty Cool Ice Cream

Ice cream bars and pops in Logan Square

Protein Pints

Launched 2022; 30g-protein pints scaled to 8000+ doors incl. Kroger and Target in 2025

Ray's Ice Cream

Family parlor since 1958

Rebel Creamery

Keto no-sugar-added pints

Ruby Jewel

Portland ice cream sandwiches and scoops

Salt & Straw (grocery half-pints)

Scoop chain's first grocery half-pints at New Seasons May 2026

Sandy's Hamburgers

Old-school Barton Springs stand famous for dipped soft-serve cones

Sebastian Joe's

Neighborhood shop known for Pavarotti

Shawn Michelle's Homemade Ice Cream

Black-owned homemade ice cream on the South Side

Smearcase

FroCo frozen cottage cheese high-protein pints; at Whole Foods and Sprouts

Smitten Ice Cream

Made-to-order liquid-nitrogen ice cream

Straus Family Creamery

Organic super-premium pints newly nationwide at Whole Foods Apr 2026

Sugar Pine

Onigiri spot with housemade matcha/taro/miso ice cream and waffle cones

Sundaes Ice Cream

New year-round Maine scoop shop; opened Sept 5 2026

Sweet Action Ice Cream

Baker neighborhood scoop shop with vegan options

Sweet Cow Ice Cream

Neighborhood scoop shops around Denver

Sweet Gains

40g-protein light ice cream launched 2024; ShopRite-anchored

Sweet Peaks Ice Cream

Montana homemade ice cream

Sweet Republic

Arizona artisan ice cream

Sweet Rose Creamery

Seasonal farmers-market ice cream

Swensen's Ice Cream

Original 1948 Russian Hill parlor

Ted Drewes

Frozen custard on Route 66 since 1929

The Parlour

Downtown Durham small-batch ice cream

Tipsy Scoop

Liquor-infused ice cream

Tom's Ice Cream Bowl

Classic ice cream bowl since 1948

Toscanini's

Cambridge institution known for burnt caramel

TruJoy Yogurt

Probiotic high-protein Greek frozen yogurt

Two Spoons

High-protein zero-added-sugar GLP-1-friendly ice cream

Van Leeuwen Ice Cream

Brooklyn-born French-style and vegan ice cream

Vandra

Cal Poly student-founded gut-health frozen dessert

Vanilla Bean Creamery

Family-owned small-batch ice cream shop in Michiana (7424 Gumwood Rd), with ice cream cakes

Vanilla Bean Creamery

Downtown Elkhart location of the family-owned small-batch ice cream shop (538 S Main St)

Vanilla Bean Creamery

The owners' hometown shop on Van Buren St, open since 2022

Wanderlust Creamery

Travel-inspired flavors like ube and Thai tea

Weckerly's Ice Cream

Seasonal small-batch ice cream in Fishtown

Whip 'n Dip

South Miami homemade ice cream since 1981

Zeds Real Fruit Ice Cream

NZ-style real-fruit soft serve; added Tarrytown and Westlake in 2025

Zsa's Ice Cream

Mount Airy ice cream